Maturango Museum's Educational Outreach
Museum Tours & Educational Outreach Programs
The museum docents offer the following: a general tour of the museum and its displays including the art gallery and the gardens, a program from our list, or an outreach program. Each program covers one topic in depth: it is designed to supplement and enrich classrooms as well as address state curriculum standards. Topics can also be adapted for adults.
All tours and programs are led by volunteer docents and are available Monday through Friday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and must be scheduled in advance. Special arrangements can sometimes be made for trips to the museum before and after hours.
To schedule a tour or program email the Education Coordinator, Nora Nuckles, at nora@maturango.org, call 760-375-6900, or download the request form and send it to the museum via fax.
Maturango Museum's Children's Hour
Children’s hour is a free monthly program offered from September to May, usually on Fridays, 10:30 to 11:30. Young children and their parents are welcome to participate.
Interested in a Docent Tour or Presentation?
We have put together some resources for your Docent program planning needs. Please review these documents and contact us with questions or for more info!
Docent Tour & Outreach Program
Download a list and description of available programs by clicking below.
Art Experience Request Form
Download and fill out the Art Experience request form by clicking below.
Docent Request Form
Download and fill out the docent request form by clicking below.
Docent Tour Preparation Checklist
Download and fill out the Preparation Checklist form by clicking below.
More About Our Educational Outreach
Educational Programs offered by the Maturango Museum Docents
- Animals on the Edge (Endangered Species)
- Art Experiences (presentations on the elements of art: line, shape, form, space, color/value, and texture that include making an art project). There are also lessons on portrait, landscape, action, still life, and abstract art.
- Astronomy in the Beth Armogida Planetarium
- Bats
- Birds (several different programs)
- Bones
- Canines and/or Felines
- Children’s Hour (story time for preschoolers offered once a month at the museum)
- Desert Alive (natural history of the Mojave Desert)
- Earthquakes
- Ethnobotany
- History of Indian Wells Valley
- Insects
- Native Americans
- Petroglyphs (including petroglyph education program for 6th graders)
- Reptiles
- Rocks and Geology
- Sand Canyon in the Classroom (supports the Bureau of Land Management Sand Canyon Educational Environment Program for 4th graders)
- Volcanoes
- Weather
- Wildflowers
Beth Armogida Planetarium
The Beth Armogida Planetarium is portable and can be experienced at the museum or at a meeting place of your choice. The planetarium must be used in an indoor space and requires a volume that is at least 11 feet high and 20 feet in diameter. It can accommodate about 10 adults or 20 children at one time. Several different programs are offered in the planetarium.
